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this is critical, considering that today's "allies" are very likely to be our enemies tomorrow. Or they can just sell ManPads to another group and (mil and/or civilian) planes would be falling out of the skies. Imagine if Stingers we gave to the Taliban were still in working mode...

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This seems like it will lead to more CIA arming of militant groups which according to your post means likely more enemy militant groups. I'd liken this to giving police officers tasers or firearms: instead of having to consider de-escalating situations, they can just shoot or tase someone instead.

I would prefer my government be forced to carefully consider whether giving any group weapons rather than "oh yeah totally cool we've got ways to shut them down if they turn on us."

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